Waretown police to hold drug take-back program at CVS April 26

4:17 PM,
Apr. 5, 2014

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A drug take-back program will be held by the police department and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency on April 26 at the CVS Pharmacy on Route 9, police said.

Residents will have the opportunity to turn in unwanted, unused and potentially dangerous expired prescription drugs, Sgt. Michael Rogalski said. This will be the eighth event in three years.

Last October, Americans turned in 324 tons (over 647,000 pounds) of prescription drugs at over 4,114 sites operated by the DEA and its thousands of state and local law enforcement partners, according to Rogalski. When the results are combined ...